''Lithophane consocia'', the scarce conformist or Softly's shoulder-knot, is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. The species was first described by

Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (3 December 1760, Giessen – 30 November 1806, Darmstadt) was a German naturalist and forester. He took part in the production of ' by Johann Conrad Susemihl. He received his education in Giessen, and in 1796 starte ...

in 1792. It is found throughout northern, central and eastern Europe, east to Siberia. There is a single record from Great Britain, where it was recorded in

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon ...

, London, in September 2001. The wingspan is 43–48 mm. Seitz describes it - ''L. ingrica'' H.-Sch. (= ''conformis'' Frr. nec Hbn., ''cinerosa'' Guen.). Forewing silvery grey, more or less overlaid with purplish brown; the pale patch at base of costa, and the pale rings of the stigmata distinguish it at once from '' furcifera''; all the markings, both lines and stigmata, are more conspicuous: ''grisea'' Graes. (= ''obscura'' Carad.) is a dark form from Amurland ; ''basidiluta'' Strand from Norway and St. Petersburg has the whole basal area paler. Larva grey brown with velvety black interrupted dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines, mixed with yellow and red. Adults are on wing from September and overwintering until May. Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 The larvae feed on '' Alnus'' and '' Corylus''.

Subspecies

*''Lithophane consocia consocia'' (Europe) *''Lithophane consocia grisea'' (south-eastern Siberia)

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''Fauna Europaea''''Lepiforum e.V.''
consocia Moths described in 1792 Moths of Japan Moths of Europe Taxa named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen {{Xyleninae-stub